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Transcription: Changing Hands Bookstore Q & A with Pioneer Woman

My Two Cents
Transcribed from our time with Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman on Thursday evening, November 5th, 2009 at Changing Hands bookstore in Tempe, Arizona. Hi guys! Thank you for coming. Good night. [Laughter] This is not my typical Thursday evening. I've got to stop wearing Spanx to these things. I can't get a deep breath. Wow. Amazing. I'm just trying not to get choked up. I had an allergy attack in Salt Lake City, so don't be alarmed if I look… Read the rest

Cranberry Chocolate Bread Pudding Recipe

frugal, Recipes
Bread pudding is a great and frugal way to use stale bread.  A couple of years ago at Christmas, one of my coworkers brought in a decadent bread pudding. Prior to that time, I'd never been too fond of bread pudding.  Maybe my tastes have changed, or maybe the bread pudding I've had prior to this time was just not very good. At any rate, once I had some of that delicious bread pudding, I realized that I did like… Read the rest

I Got To Meet Pioneer Woman Last Night! Enter to Win a Cookbook!

True Confessions
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A FEW DAYS. Giveaway at Out of Debt Again!  I'm offering a beautiful and very special cookbook to one of my visitors and it has been signed personally by the author, Ree Drummond of The Pioneer Woman Cooks! I have been reading Pioneer Woman's blog for over two years and when I saw that she was coming to Arizona I felt like I'd won… Read the rest

How Much Do You Care About Expiration Dates?

frugal
One of the hallmarks of being frugal, at least in my opinion, is not caring a great deal about expiration dates.  I have known people who will throw away a carton of milk just because the date of expiration has passed by a day or two, when the milk tastes just fine. That's silly.  You'll know when milk has gone bad. It tastes horrific. Unless it's raw milk, then it will just sour naturally and is actually a rather delicious… Read the rest